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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the service credit used in calculating longevity pay |
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for certain judges and justices with prior full-time service as an |
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associate judge. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 659.012(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) A judge or justice for whom the amount of a state base |
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salary is prescribed by Subsection (a) is entitled to an annual |
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salary from the state in the amount equal to: |
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(1) 110 percent of the state base salary paid in |
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accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's |
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position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge |
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or justice accrues four years of: |
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(A) contributing service credit in the Judicial |
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Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement |
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System of Texas Plan Two; |
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(B) service as a judge or a full-time associate |
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judge of a district court, statutory county court, multicounty |
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statutory county court, or statutory probate court; or |
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(C) combined contributing service credit and |
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service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B); and |
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(2) 120 percent of the state base salary paid in |
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accordance with Subsection (a) for the judge's or justice's |
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position, beginning with the pay period that begins after the judge |
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or justice accrues eight years of: |
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(A) contributing service credit in the Judicial |
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Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial Retirement |
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System of Texas Plan Two; |
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(B) service as a judge or a full-time associate |
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judge of a district court, statutory county court, multicounty |
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statutory county court, or statutory probate court; or |
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(C) combined contributing service credit and |
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service as provided by Paragraphs (A) and (B). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |